The Great Society & the Welfare State

George Washington University lecturer Bell Julian Clement discusses American poverty policy and the Johnson Administration's Great Society program. Topics include the War on Poverty, influential books exposing poverty, addressing juvenile delinquency and urban poverty, Lyndon B. Johnson's involvement with the National Youth Administration, the rise of Stokley Carmichael and the Black Power Movement, the shift toward a guaranteed income, and policy approaches to address poverty in the United States.